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C — Come to Communication (Part 5 of 11)

Commemorative, a. Memorial.

Commence, v. n.

    1. Begin, originate, take rise.
    2. Begin, open.
    3. Take the first step, make a beginning, break ground, break the ice.

Commence, v. a. Begin, institute, inaugurate, originate, open, start, enter upon, set about, set on foot, set in operation.

Commencement, n.

    1. Beginning, outset, opening.
    2. Graduation day, day of conferring degrees.

Commend, v. a.

    1. Recommend, bespeak, regard for.
    2. Commit, intrust, yield.
    3. Praise, extol, applaud, laud, eulogize, cry up, speak well of, say a good word for, sing or sound the praises of.

Commendable, a. Laudable, praiseworthy, to be commended.

Commendation, n.

    1. Recommendation, approval, approbation, good opinion.
    2. Praise, encomium, eulogy, panegyric, good word.

Commendations, n. pl. Regards, compliments, respects.

Commendatory, a. Commending, laudatory, eulogistic, complimentary, encomiastic, panegyrical.

Commensurable, a. Commeasurable, commensurate, measurable by a common unit.

Commensurate, a.

    1. Commeasurable, commensurable.